1. Real Life Problems – Non-Calculator – Treasure Trail
Individual students (or pairs) can start the trail at any question poster.
Once they have calculated the answer they should then find the poster that has that answer at the top. Students go from one question to the next until they have completed the full circular trail.
Students should record the letters of the
questions they have completed.
(Clear plastic wallets around your classroom
make it quick and easy to display posters.)

2. Printing To print full page posters - Click:
File > Print. Enter ‘4-20’ in ‘Slides:’
To print half-size posters -
File > Print. Select ‘Full Page Slides’, then ‘2 Slides’.

3. Treasure TRAIL
Real Life Problems

4. £6.08 B An adult ticket to the football game costs £13.
A child ticket to the football game costs £7.50.
A family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) costs £30.
What is the cheapest cost for
12 adults and 17 children to go to the football game?

5. £217.50 O Tom buys a new computer for £688.
He pays £256 up front, and then pays the rest
over 12 equal monthly instalments.
How much is each monthly instalment?

6. 34 K One burger costs £3.20. A pack of 12 burgers costs £30.
How much cheaper is it to buy 12 burgers in
the pack rather than individually?

7. 14 F Josh buys packets of sweets for 56p. He sells them for 75p.
He sells 32 packets of sweets in one day.
How much profit does Josh make?

8. £93.60 E Jenny makes and sells necklaces.
For £4.80 she can buy the materials needed
to make 8 necklaces.
She sells 72 necklaces over a month for £4 each.
How much profit did Jenny make?

9. £26 M There are 14 classes of 29 students in Berewick Primary school.
There must be one teacher
for every 12 students.
How many teachers must the school employ?

10. £244.80 A Jane is organising a trip to a theme park for 426 students.
One bus can take 35 people.
If there are 8 teachers,
how many buses does Jane need to hire?

11. 29 G John buys 316 pens for £1.50 each.
He sells them for a total of £500.
How much profit does John make?

12. 13 I A crate of soup cans holds 24 cans.
A supermarket orders 25 crates of soup.
10% of the cans are damaged.
How many are undamaged?

13. £126 N Mark is painting his bedroom. He calculates the walls have a
surface area of 452m2.
A can of paint covers 16m2.
How many cans of paint does Mark need to buy?

14. £8.40 J 128 people are going on a trip to the theatre.
56 are going in a coach and
everybody else will travel in cars.
Each car can hold 5 people.
What is the minimum number of cars needed?

15. 15 D Sally buys a TV. She pays £426 on the day
and 12 monthly instalments of £47.
How much does Sally pay in total for the TV?

16. £990 P A restaurant needs 500 rolls a day.
The baker charges £2 for a pack of 6 rolls.
How much does the restaurant spend on rolls each day?

17. £168 C A cinema charges £6.80 for a child ticket
and £8.80 for an adult ticket.
How much will it cost for 6 adults and
6 children to go to the cinema?

18. £36 H On average a shop sells 15 soft drinks every day
from Monday to Sunday.
The shop makes £1.20 profit on each drink.
How much profit does the shop make over the week?

19. 540 L Anna has £10. She wants to buy 22 stickers that cost 23p each.
She wants to spend the rest on chocolate bars
that cost 35p each.
How many chocolate bars can she buy?

20. Teacher’s Answer Sheet13 G
£26 I
540 M 34 L 14 K
£8.04 F
£6.08 J 15 B
£217.50 D
£990 O
£36 P
£168 H
£126 C
£93.60 N 29 E
£244.80

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